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The Utah Senate on Wednesday approved new campaign finance reporting requirements.
A substituted version of HB309 requires candidates to report checks they cash within 30 days -- not the three days previously proposed -- and requires any third party spending $10,000 on election ads to report that expense along with the names of any individuals who contributed $100 or more toward it.
Sen. Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City, said the Republican caucus agreed to back the watered-down version because the three-day filing requirement was too tight.
"As a part-time Legislature, we just struggle complying with it," he said.
Senators made a slight language amendment to the bill, meaning it must go back to the House for final approval on Thursday.
